Chinese Embassy in Vietnam: Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi made remarks against China during his visit to Vietnam, China firmly opposes this

CCTV News Client: During a recent visit to Vietnam, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi arbitrarily made remarks against China and brutally interfered in China’s internal affairs on the Taiwan issue. China firmly opposes this. On September 13th, the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam solemnly stated the following position in order to see and hear.

First, China’s promulgation of the “Maritime Police Law” is a routine domestic legislation that does not target specific countries and is fully in line with international law and practice. In fact, many countries, including Japan, have long enacted and implemented similar regulations. According to China’s domestic laws and relevant international laws, China’s jurisdiction over sea areas is clear, and China’s maritime claims have not changed. China has always been committed to properly handling maritime differences through dialogue and consultation with the countries involved in the South China Sea, not using force or threats of force, and at the same time fully and effectively implementing the “Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea”, and actively promoting the formulation of substantive, effective, and consistent The “Law Convention” includes the “South China Sea Code of Conduct” in international law. China and relevant countries are fully capable and wise to jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.

Second, the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are China’s inherent territory. At the end of the 19th century, they were illegally stolen and seized by Japan through the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Shimonoseki Treaty. After Japan was defeated and surrendered in World War II, according to international legal documents such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, the Diaoyu Islands returned to China as an affiliated island of Taiwan. However, despite China’s firm opposition, the United States and Japan illegally included it in the scope of “trusteeship” and “governance”, and Japan attempted to continue to occupy the Diaoyu Islands. When China and Japan realized the normalization of diplomatic relations and concluded the “China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship”, the two sides put aside the dispute and reached an understanding and consensus on the “Diaoyu Islands issue for later settlement.” This constitutes the current status of the Diaoyu Islands issue, which is also China. It has maintained restraint on the Diaoyu Islands issue for a long time, and has not yet exercised the basis and prerequisite for its inherent powers such as cruise law enforcement in the relevant waters. In recent years, Japan has continuously taken unilateral actions against the Diaoyu Islands. It unilaterally tore up the political consensus between China and Japan to shelve disputes by illegally exercising “law enforcement powers” in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, implementing so-called “nationalization” and public statements by politicians. The prerequisite for China’s long-term restraint no longer exists. There is no doubt about the fact that it is not the Chinese that changed the status quo in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, but the Japanese. The Japanese side should not call the thief to catch the thief, but beat it backwards.

Third, Japan is the least qualified country in the world to talk about the Taiwan issue. In modern times, Japan’s aggression against China’s Taiwan and colonial enslavement of the people of Taiwan are historical stains that can never be washed away in the history of Japan’s foreign aggression and expansion. The overwhelming provocations initiated by Japanese ultra-right political forces on the Diaoyu Islands and Taiwan issues are in essence a blatant denial of the victory of the world’s peace-loving countries in the anti-fascist war, and a response to the post-war international order based on the United Nations Charter. Blatant challenge. Japan’s wanton and reckless behavior will only once again evoke the world‘s memories of Japan’s disgraceful history. We advise the Japanese side not to heal the scars and forget the pain, and do not underestimate the Chinese people’s determination, determination and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. (Headquarters reporter Zhou Yang)